• 한국도서관정보학회지
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• 제30권4호
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• pp.137-161
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• 1999

The purpose of this study provides the conceptual and practical framework on the strategy to enhance services for the visually handicapped in the braille libraries. In order to achieve this purpose, the questionnaires, the interview, and the observation of the data collection techniques are used in the study, and the braille libraries throughout Korea which are in operation are selected as subjects for the research and survey. The results of the study are summarized as follows. 1. Most of the braille libraries, about 70%, are located in Seoul. It thus appears that this geographical unbalance cause the visually handicapped inconvenience in use, who is especially living at the regions where no braille library is located nearby. 2. To enhance the efficiency of the library services for the visually handicapped, first of all, the limited scope of the subject as well as the poor volume of the collections should be resolved as soon as possible. 3. Most of the libraries are neither equipped with necessary facilities to publish in braille nor secured the supporting instruments which facilitate to use library services for the visually handicapped satisfactorily. 4. The collections for the visually handicapped consist of the brailles and the recordings mainly. Because the visually handicapped is difficult to access and visit at the libraries alone, these materials are generally circulating rather outward by postal service than inward. 5. The qualified staff who has the very responsible position for reading and circulation is required to have educational background in library and information science, to have passions for the visually handicapped, and to have abilities to understand and translate the materials in braille.

• 정보관리연구
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• 제41권1호
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• pp.97-126
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• 2010

오늘날 시각장애인은 정보접근과 도서관 이용에 많은 어려움을 겪고 있다. 이에 공공도서관은 장애인의 기본권(정보접근 이용권)을 보장하여 시각장애인의 지식정보격차를 해소하고 정보해득력을 강화 시켜 삶의 질 향상과 사회참여 통합을 이룰 수 있도록 해야 한다. 본 연구는 시각장애인의 정보요구와 정보이용행태를 분석하고 그들이 도서관을 어떻게 이용하고 있는지를 살펴봄으로써 시각장애인을 위한 공공도서관 서비스의 구체적이고 실질적인 방안을 제시하고자 하는 데 목적이 있다. 이를 위하여 대구광역시립수성도서관에 정상회원으로 등록된 시각장애인을 대상으로 전화면담기법을 사용하여 그들의 정보요구, 정보원 선택 및 이용행태, 정보입수의 어려움과 격차, 공공도서관 이용행태, 공공도서관 서비스 이용의 만족도를 분석하였다.

• 한국문헌정보학회지
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• 제24권
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• pp.139-169
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• 1993

The major purpose of this study is to scrutinize and analyze various factors in numerous aspects of two different library systems for the visually handicapped, namely braille library and a special section for the visually handicapped in the public library system. The analyses may provide theoretical and conceptual framework on which strategies to enhance services for the visually handicapped is to be developed. More specifically, this study seeks (1) to examine a linkage between the degree of maintenance of staffs, collections, and equipment and the level of satisfactions of librarians and (2) to come up with more effective mechanisms of welfare services for the visually handicapped in each library system. This research is qualitative-descriptive and uses interview method. Fourteen libraries throughout the nation (4 public libraries with a reading room for the visually handicapped and 8 braille libraries) which had been in operation more than one year were selected as subjects for the research. Findings and results of the analyses are summarized as follows : 1. There seems to be general consensus that each of public and braille library has significant but, to a certain extent, different roles to play in order to enhance library services for the visually handicapped. Recruitment of qualified librarians, increase of the volume of collection, and enlargement of reading room space are noted as immediate concerns for the former. For the latter, it was suggested that increase of the number of staff for publishing, securing more equipments for pulication in braille, and wider scope as well as more variety of publications are the pressing problems at hand. 2. Both public and braille library employ one librarian for the visually handicapped who is required to have educational background in library science and special education. In addition, one must have competence in reading braille types. 3. Majority of reading rooms in those libraries is so small in physical aspect that size and number of seats are 66m2 and 15 seats respectively because circulation services are mainly in use due to the problem of inaccessibility which is commonly suffered by the visually handicapped. 4. Library services for the visually handicapped are heavily concentrated upon the large urban area. In fact, most of braille libraries are located in Seoul whereas a reading room for the visually handicapped in the public library system are exclusively placed in the large cities such as Inchon, Taejon, and Taegu. 5. All of the public library is neither equipped with necessary facilities to publish in braille nor secured supporting instruments which may facilitate library use for the visually handicapped. On the contrary, most of braille libraries are equipped with arrangements to publish in braille despite supporting devices are gererally lacking. 6. Consequently, provision of services In the public library is largely confined to reading and circulation of materials purchased from braille libraries while major task of braille libraries centers around publication and distributions of the reading materials in braille.

• 한국산업정보학회논문지
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• 제9권2호
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• pp.51-58
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• 2004

오늘날 인터넷이 급속하게 확산되면서 많은 홈페이지들이 개발되어 다양하고 유용한 정보를 제공하고 있다. 그러나 대부분의 홈페이지들은 시각 장애인을 고려해서 개발되지 않았기 때문에 시각 장애인들이 인터넷에 접근해서 정보를 얻는 데는 많은 어려움이 따른다. 현재 몇몇 홈페이지들이 장애인을 위한 서비스를 제공하고 있지만, 정보 제공이라는 면에서는 매우 미흡한 상태이다. 따라서, 본 연구는 시각장애인이 시간과 공간의 제약 없이 디지털 도서관에 접근하여 필요한 자료를 이용할 수 있도록 하는 시각장애인용 디지털 도서관을 개발하고자 한다. 본 연구에서 개발하는 시각 장애인을 위한 전자 도서관은 TTS 기반의 음성 합성 기술을 사용하여 시각 장애인들이 쉽고 편리하게 전자 도서관을 이용할 수 있는 인터페이스 환경을 지원하고 있다.

• 한국도서관정보학회지
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• 제32권4호
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• pp.229-256
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• 2001

장애인 정보서비스가 활발하지 못한 우리 나라 도서관 현실에서 정보기술의 활용은 그 동안 소외되었던 장애인의 정보요구를 충족시키고 오랫동안 누적되어온 장애인 정보서비스의 문제점을 해소시킬 수 있는 해결방안을 제공할 것이다. 본 연구는 시각장애인을 중심으로 우리 나라 도서관의 정보서비스 현황과 문제점, 정보기술을 활용한 시각장애인 정보서비스의 기술적 기반 및 그 활용사례 등을 고찰하여 우리 나라 시각장애인 정보서비스의 개선방안을 제시하였다.

• 제어로봇시스템학회:학술대회논문집
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• 제어로봇시스템학회 1997년도 한국자동제어학술회의논문집; 한국전력공사 서울연수원; 17-18 Oct. 1997
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• pp.577-580
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• 1997

• 한국철도학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국철도학회 2004년도 추계학술대회 논문집
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• pp.1725-1730
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• 2004

The railroad station building is a public facility that many people use. The disabled persons cannot move as freely as the ordinary persons do, so the facility shall be considered on this matter. We reviewed on the features of the retarded, visually handicapped and mentally retarded persons upon moving, and calculated the minimum space required in their move, access and use of the reachable space, and we also analyzed the design factors so that the prior guidance can be considered for the visually handicapped such as installation of guidance facility, change of finishing material and Braille points block handrail to avoid obstacles for the use of senses of touch, hearing and remained eyesight of the visually handicapped. In addition, we also analyzed the requests of general design totally to analyze and arrange the design factors with the thought that the facility for the handicapped shall be useful for the ordinary people as well as the handicapped.

• 한국컴퓨터정보학회논문지
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• 제19권11호
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• pp.167-173
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• 2014

흰지팡이는 시각장애인이 보행을 위하여 사용하는 지팡이이다. 시각장애인의 보행 안전성을 향상시키기 위해 스마트 전자 흰지팡이에 대한 연구와 개발이 꾸준히 진행되고 있다. 본 논문에서는 흰지팡이와 모바일기기 간의 통신을 통해 시각장애인의 보행활동에 도움을 줄 수 있는 몇 가지 상황들에 대해 안내해주는 상황인식 흰지팡이의 개발내용에 대해 기술한다. 상황인식 흰지팡이에는 시각장애인이 손쉽게 누를 수 있는 형태로 버튼들이 설치되어 있고, 이를 누르면 시각장애인의 목에 걸려있는 스마트 모바일기기와의 블루투스 연동을 통해 상황인식 결과값을 음성으로 알림 받는다. 이를 통해 시각장애인의 보행 환경에 대한 불안전 요소를 감소시켜줄 수 있으며 그 결과 보행 안전성이 향상될 수 있을 것이다.

• 한국IT서비스학회지
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• 제6권1호
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• pp.17-30
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• 2007

The rapid development of information and communication technologies has resulted in rapid increase in the qualitative and quantitative information that can be accessed by information technology. Furthermore an enormous amount of information is provided in various formats. However, there are a group of people who are not able to even approach to targeted information due to physical or environmental problems. Visually handicapped users constitute a class of these users. In this paper, a method of developing user interface for web-based education service is described for the visually handicapped users to access information more efficiently. First, this paper analyzed the problems of visually handicapped users to access information targeting representative domestic sites that supply education services. And based on the results of the above analyses, Nest, this paper explains the web-based education service interface implementation method according to types of the content to be delivered. Lastly, the validity of this method is provided by testing a web page based on the implementation method according to the types of content.

• 대한전자공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 대한전자공학회 2001년도 하계종합학술대회 논문집(3)
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• pp.5-8
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• 2001

The computer programs based upon graphic user interface(GUI) became commonplace with the advance of computer technology. Nevertheless, programs for the visually-handicapped have still remained at the level of TTS(text to speech) programs and this prevents many visually-handicapped from enjoying the pleasure and convenience of the information age. This paper is, paying attention to the importance of character recognition in images, about the configuration of the system that converts text in the image selected by a user to the speech by extracting the character part, and carrying out character recognition.